Rhoda (name)

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Rhoda is a female given name, originated from both Greek and Latin. Its meaning is "rose; from Rhodes". Rhodes is a Greek island originally named for its roses. In Biblical, a servant girl who was one of the early Christian disciples. The name is mostly used in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Contents 1 Famous Rhodas 1.1 Television and Film 1.2 Political 1.3 Music 1.4 Literature 1.5 Science 1.6 Art 1.7 Fictional 1.8 Other fields 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Famous Rhodas

[edit] Television and Film

• Rhoda Griffis, American actress
• Rhoda Jordan, African-American actress
• Rhoda Montemayor, actress currently playing Rose Ortiz, the Pink Ranger in Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive

[edit] Political

• Rhoda Billings
• Rhoda Grant, politician
• Rhoda Jacobs

[edit] Music

• Rhoda Hutchinson
• Rhoda Scott, organist

[edit] Literature

• Rhoda Broughton, novelist
• Rhoda Shipman, comic book writer
• Rhoda Truax Silberman, American author

[edit] Science

• Rhoda Metraux

[edit] Art

• Rhoda Holmes Nicholls, painter

[edit] Fictional

• Rhoda Dendron, character on the animated television series Darkwing Duck
• Rhoda Penmark, character on William March's novel The Bad Seed
• Rhoda Morgenstern Gerard, title character of Rhoda

[edit] Other fields

• Rhoda Richards
• Rhoda Wise

[edit] See also

• Rhonda
• List of all pages starting with "Rhoda"

[edit] External links

• Meaning of Rhoda